Gamer Xtreme wrote...
Tali in the first game was weird, at times she was strong minded and independant. She could survive on her own in most situations, only needing help when she literally went up against an omniscient supercriminal. She at first had trouble on the ship but she quickly adapted and became a popular crewmember with little more in the way of social faux pas when talking with the commander. She was an ok character, but she wasn't all that interesting and her backstory was probably the least developed, mainly down to the fact she was young and had little to tell other that having daddy issues like half of the rest of the cast. She was really only there to be another token alien, which apart from a lack of Salarian featured all the the aliens that were humanoid enough to fight. Because of this most of what you did talk to her about was the race itself, not the actual character.
In Mass Effect 2 she was a nervous virgin blushing evertime the commander even spoke to her, her infatuation with the commander literally defining her personality. This seemed to negate whatever small character development there was for her in the first game as she matured in the mission and became fully of age. At the end it seemed, although still quirky she was more confident and was ready to become a productive member of the fleet. It seems that despite being sent on missions with deadly commandoes and being one of the few survivors of the geth attack she still seemed similar but worse than her worst points in the first game.
What is worse, she is willing to risk her life to f*** a man on a whim just because she finds his position and his physical appearance attractive. Showing how messed up her priorities truly are. Instead of working on the ship to make sure it is fully ready for a suicide mission, she finds someway to have short, disapointing sex with an emotionally crippled zombie.
You're right on the first account, she wasent a very full character in the first game, and could have had her backstory developed a bit more. However, perhaps Bioware couldn't have forseen how many people would have their intrest piqued by her character. Or, maybe it was that lack of information or even a face that drew people to her.
As for being a "nervous virgen blushing evertime the commander even spoke to her", erm, correct me if I'm wrong, but thats usually how those with a crush act... I dont quite get what you're trying to put down here. She's become interested, but nervous and trying to hide it, and failing miserably at it. (Well, except shepard probably didnt quite see it, but thats not what we're talking about) She still strikes me as a mature member of the fleet, on your initial meeting, she's in full control of the quarian strike team and seems very confident. (Until they decide to be sneaky, but meh, minions, what can you do?)
And now we come to the physical relationship. Now, bioware never really lets you "**** on a whim", maybe you slept through the layers of dialauge, but its anything if on a whim. Sex is part of love, its always going to happen, it developed along a natural progression, I can find no fault with it that any of the other relationship options didnt have. If anything the "speed" of its development is due to the "tomorrow we may die" plot point, something quite common in any fictional wartime romance.
As for preperations, if things are done, they're done. I've personally found that fretting over details over and over up to the final seconds doesent help in any way. Perhaps she thinks similar. I dont know, and to tell the truth, we dont know what was done, had to be done, or should have been done. Not enough info.
So have your own opinion, but I feel you've exaggerated points to bring about an extremely negative response.